diff --git a/block/src/lib.rs b/block/src/lib.rs
index 1b739beaf..6507076a7 100644
--- a/block/src/lib.rs
+++ b/block/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ use vmm_sys_util::eventfd::EventFd;
 use vmm_sys_util::{aio, ioctl_io_nr};
 
 use crate::async_io::{AsyncIo, AsyncIoError, AsyncIoResult};
+use crate::error::{BlockError, BlockErrorKind, BlockResult, ErrorOp};
 use crate::vhdx::VhdxError;
 
 const SECTOR_SHIFT: u8 = 9;
@@ -1065,13 +1066,16 @@ pub fn read_aligned_block_size(f: &mut File) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
 }
 
 /// Determine image type through file parsing.
-pub fn detect_image_type(f: &mut File) -> std::io::Result<ImageType> {
-    let block = read_aligned_block_size(f)?;
+pub fn detect_image_type(f: &mut File) -> BlockResult<ImageType> {
+    let block = read_aligned_block_size(f)
+        .map_err(|e| BlockError::new(BlockErrorKind::Io, e).with_op(ErrorOp::DetectImageType))?;
 
     // Check 4 first bytes to get the header value and determine the image type
     let image_type = if u32::from_be_bytes(block[0..4].try_into().unwrap()) == QCOW_MAGIC {
         ImageType::Qcow2
-    } else if vhd::is_fixed_vhd(f)? {
+    } else if vhd::is_fixed_vhd(f)
+        .map_err(|e| BlockError::new(BlockErrorKind::Io, e).with_op(ErrorOp::DetectImageType))?
+    {
         ImageType::FixedVhd
     } else if u64::from_le_bytes(block[0..8].try_into().unwrap()) == VHDX_SIGN {
         ImageType::Vhdx
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index aa02f479e..325084395 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use block::raw_sync::RawFileDiskSync;
 use block::vhdx_sync::VhdxDiskSync;
 use block::{
     ImageType, block_aio_is_supported, block_io_uring_is_supported, detect_image_type,
-    preallocate_disk, qcow, vhdx,
+    preallocate_disk, vhdx,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "io_uring")]
 use block::{fixed_vhd_async::FixedVhdDiskAsync, raw_async::RawFileDisk};
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
 
     /// Failed to parse disk image format
     #[error("Failed to parse disk image format")]
-    DetectImageType(#[source] io::Error),
+    DetectImageType(#[source] BlockError),
 
     /// Cannot create serial manager
     #[error("Cannot create serial manager")]